The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-01-05
HOME AND FARM.


The white of an egg is said to BIO
q specific for fish bones sticking in the
throat. It is to be swallowed raw
Boston Globe.
TO preserve Grape it should not be
exposed to dampness, but if it chances
to get wet it should not be put near the
fire to dry.-Erchange.
Carrots Mashed: Scrape, wash, lay
in cold water for half an hour, then
cook tender in boiling water, drain
well, mash with a wooden spoon, work
in good piece Of butter, and season
with pepper and salt. Serve hot
Good Housekeeping. Isl
Graham Mullins: One pint of graham
-four, two tablespoonful of melted lad,
two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, water or milk to make batter
just thin enough to run, a little salt.
Bake fifteen minutes in gem pans in a
hot oven.-Boston Budget.
Bread griddle cakes are excellent
and may be made of stale bread. Soak
a small bowl Of bread over night in
milk. In the morning mix half a cup
full of flour, into which is put one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, with ono quart of milk, three we'll
beaten eggs and little salt. Beat up
the bread with this batter until it is
very light and fry delicate brown.
The batter should be thick.-Bosto's
Bulletin.
1t may be news to some persons
that persistent rubbing with oil night
and morning will remove scars. Olive
oil will answer, but neatsfoot oil is
rather more rapid in its effects. In the
case of burns, when the tendons are
stiff and contracted, rubbing with oil
will render the part affected almost as
supple as before the injury. In severe
cases the rubbing must be continued for
an hour, morning and evening. The
| household.
Carefully gather the scraps from
the table and give them to your fowls.
There is no kind of food which will pro.
duce more liberal supply of eggs
There are hundreds of families who
throw these scraps in the waste basket
and buy corn for the fowls, where the
former is far the best feed for egg pro
duction. Corn and grain should also
be fed, but only in small quantities dur
| ing the hot summer months. - Chicago
journal.
Some varieties of sweet apples arr
such abundant bearers that the trees
are worth keeping if the fruit can only
be used for feed. There is good dea
of nutriment in sweet apples, and the.
are relished by every kind of stock
Given in moderation and with othe
feed they are good for every thing. I
is because cows, if allowed their run il
an orchard, will gorge and thus injur'
themselves, that apples have the repu
tation Of drying up cows milk.-N. 3
/ Farmer.
The sweet potato is to the Soutl
what the common potato is to Irelan,
Or Germany. It forms a very large par
of the food Of the negroes and poo
whites in fact, it frequently takes tn
i place of bread to large extent. Til
favorite way of cooking it here is t
bake it in the oven or in the ashes. TIL
! children are fond of burying the pota
toes in the ashes at night, SO that the
may slowly cook all night. The South
ern-grown sweet potatoes are large
than those grown at the North. Thos
raised in Mexico are very sweet indeed
| IN. Y. Telegram.
"A correspondent of the Rural Ne,
Yorker saves his Bartlett pears SO tina
they make fine eating two months afte
those of his neighbors have gone. Tax
a stout box and line it with paper. TIL
bottom is covered an inch deep wit
wheat bran. The pears are CAREFUL
picked, wrapped separately in thin pa
per, and packed deeply in the bran ur
til the bottom is covered. Then thi
layer is covered with bran to the dept
Of an inch, and another layer Of pear
is placed in the same way. This
continued until the box is full, whe
the cover is tackled on and the box st
away in cool, dry place. The peal
retain their fine flavor and color.